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This article contains major spoilers for The Winter King season 1 episodes 1-4!In the vile Gundleus, The Winter King has its very own take on one Game of Thrones hall of fame villains. Adapting the first novel in Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles novel trilogy, The Winter King takes a more grounded approach to the King Arthur legend.
Winter King had its own "Red Wedding" massacre in only the second episode and the story likewise focuses on who will sit on the throne, while a shadowy force threatens to sweep across the land. Winter King at least has fewer characters and locations for audiences to track, and like early Game of Thrones seasons, is taking a more slow-burn approach with occasional bursts of extreme violence.
The first few episodes of The Winter King have done a steady job of painting Gundleus as utterly irredeemable. It's revealed he was the one who staked Derfel in the so-called "death pit" when he was young, and after swearing a vow to protect baby Mordred to the dying King Uther , he soon breaks his vow with abandon. During the Avalon raid, he murders a baby he believes to be Mordred, kills Uther's widow Queen Norwena and sexually assaults the priestess Nimue .
Not only was this attack an attempt to rob Nimue of her powers - as her connection to the Gods is said to be dependent on her celibacy - but also as revenge for an earlier insult she gave him. Gundleus made a bid for the throne of Dumnonia with this act, but it was only due to the intervention of Arthur that he failed. Unfortunately, Arthur believes Gundleus would be useful in securing peace with other kingdoms, and refuses to let Nimue or anyone else kill him in revenge.
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